The Book of the Duchess

The Book of the Duchess is a dream vision narrative poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Book of the Duchess is the earliest of Chaucer’s major poems, preceded only by his short poem An ABC and possibly his translation of The Romaunt of the Rose. Most sources ascribe the date of composition between 1369 and 1372, though more recent studies suggest that the poem may have been completed as early as late 1368.— Excerpted fromThe Book of the Duchesson Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.